Keith O'Brien
@KeithOB
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NYT bestselling author of CHARLIE HUSTLE, a new book on the rise and fall of Pete Rose. Available today! Bylines @NPR @TheAtlantic @nytimes & beyond.
The wilds of New Hampshire
Joined April 2009
At an event last night on the West Side of Cincinnati, I was able to stand before a crowd of West Siders and announce the impossible. CHARLIE HUSTLE made the list. We are an instant New York Times bestseller!!!
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In an age of gambling scandals, this is just another. Prop bets are dangerous to all the sports you love.
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Quietly, the NCAA has banned six players in yet another sports gambling scandal. Just another day in America. https://t.co/mU1Vus9uHv
espn.com
Six former men's college basketball players at New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State and Arizona State participated in gambling schemes that included game manipulation or sharing information with...
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The switch to standard time means one thing: it already feels like winter in New Hampshire. This is a live view of the sky at 4:53 p.m.
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At least someone in Toronto won last night.
The guy who threw the Rojas home run back onto the field never buys a drink again in his life in Toronto. #WANTITALL
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Devastating loss for Toronto. Amazing World Series for baseball fans around the world. Pitchers and catchers report in 101 days.
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Gotta hand it to @derekjeter … He called this in the @MLBONFOX pregame. He said Bo Bichette would come up with runners on as the Dodgers tried to pitch around Vlad. Shohei intentionally walks Vlad to get the Bichette. And—boom—Canada explodes. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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It’s been 32 years since the Stanley Cup resided in Canada. But the World Series champs could reside there tonight—and Toronto is so excited for it, they might be getting ahead of themselves. 🇨🇦⚾️🇨🇦 https://t.co/0edm9iPYiv
torontosun.com
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When did I get interested in writing about Larry Bird? I guess you can say 1987—when we visited Terre Haute and stopped at Bird’s restaurant. This is me with my brother and sister that day. I regret nothing—except for that Ohio State hoodie. Check out HEARTLAND, coming 3/3/26.
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Things get messy once you open Pandora's box... Now that college athletes are cleared to bet on professional sports, it's only a matter of time before the NEXT sports gambling scandal hits. It's not if, but when. https://t.co/B09ORbFDvn
espn.com
SEC commissioner Greg Sankey sent a letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker on Oct. 25, stating that a rule change allowing athletes to bet on professional sports is a step in the wrong direction.
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We should all channel the fortitude and determination of this tree, trapped in an abandoned suburban parking lot, but still releasing its glory into the great wide world. 🌳🍁💙
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If you pray, pray for Jamaica. There should not be a hurricane this strong in the Caribbean this late in the season. #ClimateCrisis #HurricaneMelissa
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Given the latest sports gambling scandals, I’m not sure this fan is the image that MLB wants behind home plate tonight. But I guess this is what you get in a world of legalized gambling. #WorldSeries #BlueJays #Dodgers
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Wait—which team was heavily favored to win this World Series? 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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"Professional-sports leagues would like you to believe they have the gambling problem under control," @KeithOB writes. "But they are clearly no match for the highly addictive, always-intriguing prop bet":
theatlantic.com
As long as one player can fix the outcome of a wager, the temptation will prove irresistible to some athletes.
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Happy World Series Friday to those who celebrate. 🇺🇸⚾️🇨🇦
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Yesterday's sports gambling bombshell isn't an outlier. Actually, it's alarmingly normal. Gambling scandals are the new American pastime. But there is an easy way to head off the next crisis: Take prop bets off the board. My piece for the @TheAtlantic
https://t.co/ZjvowQjzoQ
theatlantic.com
As long as one player can fix the outcome of a wager, the temptation will prove irresistible to some athletes.
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Another sports gambling scandal is unfolding in Florida—allegedly involving prop bets yet again. This should surprise no one and worry everyone who cares about the integrity of the games we watch. https://t.co/ykrUNZWtmf
miamiherald.com
A federal gambling investigation led to the arrest Thursday of Heat guard Terry Rozier.
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What a fun night at the Ohio Book Awards. Thank you to the @Ohioana Library for supporting authors and thank you to everyone who came out, including @GovMikeDeWine, @FranDeWine & my date for the evening—my mother!
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Already paying the price for staying up until the end of this one. But I don’t regret it. It was PEAK playoff baseball.
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